Last Individual Sentenced as Part of Operation Woodchop

U.S. Attorney’s Office
November 13, 2012

Middle District of Florida(813) 274-6000

ORLANDO—United States Chief District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Willie Shelly (35, Apopka) last week to three years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute BZP pills (a drug that mimics the effects of Ecstasy).

In March 2010, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Orlando District Office Enforcement Group and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit initiated an investigation, dubbed Operation Woodchop, into multiple individuals operating in Zellwood and Tangerine, Florida. These individuals were known to be associated with one another and involved in criminal activities, operating in two neighborhood-based street gangs, the “Zellwood Boyz” and the “Tangerine/Terrell Boys.” These two gangs operated only a few miles apart from one another and often worked together or through criminal affiliates to engage in drug trafficking and other crimes within a small geographical area.

Between June 2011 and October 2011, 24 individuals were charged with federal drug and firearms violations as part of Operation Woodchop. Subsequently, they were all convicted of felony offenses and sentenced in federal court. In addition to the federal charges, more than 20 individuals were charged with state crimes as part of Operation Woodchop. The state charges included drug violations, murder, and property crimes.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with operational assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; the Orange County Sheriff’s Office; the Mount Dora Police Department; the Tavares Police Department; and the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange. The federal cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney E. Jackson Boggs, Jr.

Operation Woodchop federal defendants:

Name

Age

Residence

Charges

Sentence

Daniel Baldwin

34

Eustis

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

90 months

Darius Bentley

24

Eustis

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

60 months

Quentin Bradford

22

Eustis

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

36 months

Stanley Campbell

27

Tavares

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

100 months

Tramyian Doston

20

Tangerine

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

120 months

Daciane Hill

29

Tangerine

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

60 months

Samantha Hill

20

Tangerine

Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy

Probation (two years)

Tywon Hill

35

Tangerine

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

110 months

Michelle Julien

40

Apopka

Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy

Probation (three years)

Christopher Lenoir

31

Tavares

Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy

Time served

Travis Rollins

24

Zellwood

Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and firearms offenses

108 months

Willie Shelly, Jr.

35

Apopka

Conspiracy to distribute BZP pills

36 months

Brandon Smith

27

Zellwood

Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and firearms offenses

123 months

Addison Smith, Jr.

34

Zellwood

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

60 months

Nathaniel Walker

35

Mt. Dora

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

110 months

Kemo Dowe

38

Tangerine

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances

240 months

Travion Barnes

29

Apopka

Distribution of BZP pills

18 months

Clemente Blocker

39

Mt. Dora

Distribution of “crack” cocaine

37 months

Frederick Bodison

33

Leesburg

Distribution of “crack” cocaine, MDMA and BZP pills

100 months

Robert Hardwick

43

Apopka

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine

82 months

Willie Slydell, Jr.

36

Zellwood

Distribution of cocaine

48 months

Lawrence Lockhart

42

Zellwood

﻿Possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine

96 months

Roderick Mobley

26

Zellwood

Possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine﻿

32 months

Teresa Hawkins

32

Tangerine

Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances